amy hollyfield joins us. some of those candidates took advantage of the early voting. >> reporter: yes, they did. they were here bright and early. tough to believe it is this time of year again. election scheduled for november 8th. the first candidate to cast his ballot was david chu democratic candidate, after campaigning -- [ inaudible ] they both say they've done endless amounts of campaigning. the college is not only get their name out -- the challenge is not only get their name out but to let people know election is coming up. some don't know the current mayor or the election is coming up. >> we've knocked on 270,000 doors so far in our campaign that's where it has been surprising how many people didn't even know there there was an election. we've been educating the voters. i've thousands of san franciscans at morning bus stops. >> there are hundreds of thousands of san franciscans that barely know there's an election november 8th. part of the reason i spent 24 hours campaigning all over san francisco fr